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Post by shayne on Jan 17, 2008 17:51:07 GMT 8
Hello there. i'm not sure if a lot of you people actually enjoy reading but then use this thread to discuss anything literature related! ::: as for me, i love crime books and those that involve detective sort of things. murders blah blah blah.. not much into the lovey-dovey kinds but i think i can bare. here are some of my faves: mystic river, lost boy lost girl, christ the lord out of egypt, sidney sheldon novels, etc
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Post by Ruby S. on Jan 17, 2008 18:00:11 GMT 8
Ahh... Easy question... My favourite books. Well, I love all of my book collection all the same, but everyone must have at least a couple of favourites, right?
Harry Potter Series. I pick up the book when I was 14-15 maybe. It was during my Westlife madness and it, like Westlife, stays really close to my heart even when people criticize the books and finally the final book was release last year. I was sad and happy all at once knowing that it ends well, but in the same time, I know I'd miss the adventure and the anticipation that the book had created that hardly any other book that I have come across could ever match up. JK Rowling is still a genius in my book for being able to create such a world that it became far more real that any reality that I've known off.
Twilight Series. I should learn a lesson not to be skeptical about Vampire Books. Yes, I was skeptical about the book at first, a girl meet boy, girl fall for a boy, boy can't love the girl because boy is a Vampire. Finally boy decided to take a chance and... I still don't know how it ends as the fourth book is not out yet until Fall 2008. I'm rather anxious over it.
Brat Farrar. Classic. Probably one of the book I've read over and over again and still remain on my favourite list. I first read it when I was in High School and I have fallen in love with the story ever since. Probably because it have those bad/good guy thing which no one could tell whether good is really good and bad is really bad.
I Am David. I stumble over the book by accident in my school library and since I've read over almost all the books, I decided to give it a shot. I fell in love with the boy's adventure the more I read the book. A story where he try to find a way home, learning to trust and finding himself.
The Book of Lost Thing. Ahh... Newest, recent addition of my shelve. I love this book as soon as I read the tag line "Everything You Can Imagine Is Real". I love the narrative and the way the book was written. How fairy tales are used as lessons and how it was re-told and learning about acceptance...
Well... To cut short, I don't have specific book I love to read, I could read from adventure to romance. Just as long as it's rated PG-13 lol.
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Post by shayne on Jan 19, 2008 8:50:02 GMT 8
i'm just about to read HP Goblet of Fire but i'm kinda stuck addicted to DVDs at the moment lol
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Post by Ruby S. on Jan 22, 2008 21:35:01 GMT 8
Ahhh... The movies really doesn't do the books justice - okay, the first two did... Then after than... Let's just say I'm not impressed. Lucky for them, they chose a very hot Cedric Diggory that the hour I spent in the cinema didn't feel like a total lost...
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Post by shayne on Jan 24, 2008 16:28:59 GMT 8
lol.. i've bought a couple of new books.. just started reading Shades of Red by Doris Mortman
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Post by Ruby S. on Jan 24, 2008 22:30:34 GMT 8
I'm still on Time Traveler's Wife, it's an interesting book but I have to really concentrate to understand it... I'm quite slow...
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Post by filanbyrne on Jan 20, 2009 0:21:47 GMT 8
I gotta say my all time fave book has to be The Lord Of The Rings by J R R Tolkein...just awesome and the films were pretty great too Im also a big fan of Stephen King...got about 25 of his books half of which scare me to death bt then he is the best horror writer ever! I also love Cecelia Aherne books I have them all and they are really really good
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Post by shayne on Jan 23, 2009 13:59:04 GMT 8
Ahhh... The movies really doesn't do the books justice - okay, the first two did... Then after than... Let's just say I'm not impressed. Lucky for them, they chose a very hot Cedric Diggory that the hour I spent in the cinema didn't feel like a total lost... I just have to comment as that hot Cedric Diggory is now Edward Cullen. It's his lucky break! A few books added to my list are: Inferno by Dante Alighieri Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare (really funny) Twilight, Eclipse, New Moon by Stephanie Meyer (I did not include Breaking Dawn on purpose coz I didn't really like it) Her unfinished Midnight Sun was fun to read too The Bernie Rhodenbarr series of novels by Lawrence Block on my list: The Host by Stephanie Meyer Harry Potter (from Goblet of Fire till the 7th book) A couple of Anne Rice books Love Labor's Lost by Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet
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